# hederagenin

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A triterpenoid originally extracted from Hedera helix, the common ivy.

## Etymology
From Hedera, the genus of ivy; originally named hederic acid by the German professor L. Posselt, who was the first to extract the substance from ivy seeds and published his findings in 1849.

## Source
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